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Washington Redskins safety Su'a Cravens, center, runs with the ball during the team's NFL football rookie minicamp Saturday, May 14, 2016, in Ashburn, Va. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Ritchie Valens (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted eight months, as it abruptly ended when he died in a plane crash, Valens was 17. During this time, he had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. (AP Photo)
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Ronnie Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-300 carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside Gillsburg, Mississippi. The passengers had been informed about problems with one of the plane's engines and told to brace for impact. Van Zant died on impact from head injuries suffered after the aircraft struck a tree. Bandmates Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, along with assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray were also killed. Remaining band members survived, although all were seriously injured (AP Photo)
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Illustration on the questionable safety of imported Canadian drugs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Paul McCartney performs with his band at Verizon Center. (Erica Bruce)
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Two red-light violations by train operators last month have drawn attention to Metro safety, even as the Federal Transit Administration is investigating more than 50 "stop signal overrun incidents" since 2012. The failure of train operators to stop at red lights could poses grave dangers for subway riders and workers. (Associated Press)
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Residents trapped in rebel-controlled Aleppo, Syria, struggle to survive in their once-thriving city as bread and medication become scarce. (Aleppo Media Center via Associated Press)
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Helen Delich Bentley. (The Washington Times)
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A Pakistani man mourns the death of a family member who was killed in a bomb blast, in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. A powerful bomb went off inside a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, killing dozens of people and wounding dozens of others, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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People carry dead bodies of victims in a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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A Boeing 767, an Amazon.com "Prime Air" cargo plane is parked on display Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in a Boeing hangar in Seattle. Amazon unveiled its first branded cargo plane Thursday, one of 40 jetliners that will make up Amazon's own air transportation network of 40 Boeing jets leased from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and Air Transport Services Group Inc., which will operate the air cargo network. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Obama Lying About Statistical Data Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo. A year after a mine waste spill, residents are taking a break from the aftermath for a party that includes a specially brewed beer the color of the spill. They're also taking a few jabs at the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which accidentally caused the 3-million-gallon spill at the Gold King Mine on Aug. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Mosul Dam holds enough water to engulf Iraq's second-largest city and spill to Baghdad 240 miles away. (Associated Press)
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Vanilla Ice was caught on video berating a Delta Airlines employee and fellow passengers after he missed a flight Monday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. (YouTube/@China K)
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The majority of the 129 officers gunned down were fatally shot by suspects with handguns as they responded to a call or self-deployed, but 27 officers were killed by a rifle, according to a study conducted by the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins safety Duke Ihenacho during practice at the team's NFL football training facility at Redskins Park, Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley grew up shooting pheasants and rabbits in her family's farm in the city of Plymouth, England. "Everything gets eaten on the farm," she said. "It’s where food comes from.". (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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A woman cries while while demonstrating with relatives of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, Friday, July 29, 2016. Several dozen relatives gathered at the ministry on Friday to hand over a letter of protest amid the recent announcement that the meticulous ocean search operations for the missing flight would soon be suspended. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
